Tripura is the first state to go to the polls this year. While polling for Nagaland and Meghalaya assemblies will be held on February 27, five more states face elections this year in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
Ahead of the Tripura Assembly elections, that is slated to be held tomorrow, the Congress party on Tuesday, alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to create an "atmosphere of fear" in the state.
Tripura will go to the polls on Thursday in a multi-cornered contest in which the ruling BJP is facing a challenge from Left-Congress combine besides Tripra Motha. Trinamool Congress has also put up candidates on several seats.
As the high voltage poll campaign ended in Tripura, the district administration of West Tripura have prepared adequate security arrangements on multiple fronts-- ranging from establishing a mega control room or helpline centre, to conduct a hassle-free election.
Ahead of the Tripura Assembly polls, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday wrote to the Election Commission seeking a high-level investigation into alleged "secret meeting" of Union Home Minister Amit Shah with State Election Authority and Director General of Police.
Expressing confidence of BJP getting full majority in the Tripura assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the BJP is seeking a mandate to make the state prosperous in the next five years building on the development initiatives of the party-led government. Respondin
The Home Minister said nearly 40,000 families of the Bru and Reang communities had been living in Tripura for over 25 years in inhuman conditions and had been allowed to settle only after the BJP government came into power.
Ahead of the Assembly elections in Tripura, a seizure worth Rs 44 crore has been made which includes cash, drugs and freebies, state Chief Electoral Officer, Gitte Kirankumar Dinkarrao said on Monday.
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday came down heavily on Opposition parties in poll-bound Tripura, claiming that decades of 'misrule' by the Congress and the Left made the Northeast one of the 'least developed' regions in the country.
The Prime Minister said he had promised "HIRA" (Highways, Internet ways, Railways and Airways) in Tripura and people could see the delivery of projects. The work of doubling the length of National Highways in Tripura is at a high pace, he said.